The Effects of Variable Water Content during Growth of Anodic TiO2 Nanotube Arrays

Burcu Bozkurt Ç?rak; Ça?r? Ç?rak; Tuba K?l?nç; Sibel Morkoç Karadeniz; Ali Ercan Ekinci

doi:https://doi.org/10.14445/22315381/IJETT-V54P234

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Volume 54 | Number 2 | Year 2017 | Article Id. IJETT-V54P234 | DOI : https://doi.org/10.14445/22315381/IJETT-V54P234

The Effects of Variable Water Content during Growth of Anodic TiO2 Nanotube Arrays

Burcu Bozkurt Ç?rak, Ça?r? Ç?rak, Tuba K?l?nç, Sibel Morkoç Karadeniz, Ali Ercan Ekinci

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Burcu Bozkurt Ç?rak, Ça?r? Ç?rak, Tuba K?l?nç, Sibel Morkoç Karadeniz, Ali Ercan Ekinci, "The Effects of Variable Water Content during Growth of Anodic TiO2 Nanotube Arrays," International Journal of Engineering Trends and Technology (IJETT), vol. 54, no. 2, pp. 252-254, 2017. Crossref, https://doi.org/10.14445/22315381/IJETT-V54P234

Abstract

In this study, anodic TiO2 nanotube (TNT) arrayswere growth by electrochemical method. Anodization process were performed under voltage of 30 V for 3 hours in an electrolyte. The water content of electrolyte was changed from 1 wt% to 5 wt% during anodization. The crystal structure, morphology and elemental composition of TNT arrays were characterized by usingX-Ray diffraction (XRD), field emission scanning electron microscope (FESEM), energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDX) methods. The results show that water content changing is significant phenomena for the parameters of TNT arrays.

Keywords

Anodic oxidation, TiO2 nanotubes, water content.

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